Alexandra Alex Vause is an inmate at Litchfield Penitentiary and the on-and-off lover of main character Piper Chapman. She is portrayed by Laura Prepon. Alex's character is based on Nora (in reality named Catherine Cleary Wolters) in the memoir, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Womenâs Prison.
On 1 January 1905, the IRN created the world's first operational submarine fleet around these seven submarines. The first combat patrol sent out by the newly created IRN submarine fleet occurred on 14 February 1905 and was carried out by Delfin and Som, with each patrol normally lasting about 24 hours.
Worldâs first submarine attack. Share this: On this day in 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howeâs flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare. Submarines were first built by Dutch inventor Cornelius van Drebel in the early 17th century, but it was not until 150 years later that they were first used in naval combat. David Bushnell, an American inventor, began building underwater mines while a student at Yale University.